WASHINGTON ? Disgraced former Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) may have been hired illegally at his new job at a Texas port authority, and a local newspaper on Monday filed a lawsuit that could result in his being ejected. Farenthold, who abruptly resigned from Congress last month while under investigation for…

Friday at “MinnRoast,” an annual song-and-skit political variety show, DNC deputy chairman Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) donned a blonde wig while playing guitar and singing a mocking parody version of “Guantanamera,” about President Donald Trump. The lyrics included references to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, special counsel Robert Mueller and the…

TEL AVIV – Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon urged member countries of the UN Security Council to reject Kuwait’s “dangerous” resolution condemning Israel over its response to violent riots in the Gaza Strip ahead of a vote later this week.

A former CIA software engineer suspected of leaking classified documents to Wikileaks is also leaking information about his case to the press, it emerged in Manhattan federal court on Monday. Manhattan federal prosecutors dragged Joshua Schulte into court on Monday to complain that he improperly shared — from prison —…

Major evacuation routes could be blocked off by lava streams as the first serious casualty was reported during fresh eruptions from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. The unnamed man was hit by a “lava spatter” as he sat on the balcony of his property in the town of Pahoa on Saturday. Authorities…

The season ender of Saturday Night Live opened Trump style with a nod to the finale of The Sopranos. It was Fey’s sixth time hosting the show and the musical guest was Nicki Minaj.(Image credit: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU via Getty Images)

“I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political Purposes – and if any such demands or requests were made by people within the Obama Administration!” Trump wrote on Twitter…

In an interview with TMZ Sports, Washington Redskins rookie running back Derrius Guice said he would visit President Donald Trump in the White House if invited, calling it “the chance of a lifetime.” “If I get the chance, yeah. That’s the chance of a lifetime,” Guice said of visiting. “They got a…